Marriot's Web Site Hits Single-Day Booking Record, 10,000 Reservations / June 2001

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Marriot's Web Site Hits Single-Day
Booking Record, 10,000 Reservations

WASHINGTON DC - Marriot International (NYSE: MAR) announced that it set a single-day company record in bookings on its web site Marriott.com, generating more than 10,000 reservations. Ranked as one of the industry's best lodging web sites, Marriott.com enables customers to easily make reservations at any of the company's 2,300 hotels worldwide.

"Marriott.com is my favorite site for travel planning and making hotel reservations because it's fast and provides information about local activities, events and restaurants," said Ken Leebow, a.k.a. "Mr. Internet" and the author of 300 Incredible Things for Travel on the Internet.

Marriott.com features include:

Vacation Planner - Provides vacation ideas by activity and location.
Destination Information - Provides information on recreation, events and site seeing.
Driving Directions - Maps and driving instructions are provided for all Marriott's hotels.
Route Planner - Identifies hotels along your travel route.
Golf Site - Details golf vacations worldwide and resorts offering golf lessons.
Resort Finder - Highlights over 75 resorts.
High Speed Internet Location Finder - Lists hotels that offer high speed Internet access.
Marriott Rewards Award Redemption - Offers online redemption for free hotel rooms.

Best In Customer Satisfaction -- The Wall Street Journal reported on May 21, that Marriott International received the highest score in The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a customer survey conducted by the University of Michigan Business School.

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE: MAR) is a leading worldwide hospitality company with over 2,300 operating units in the United States and 59 other countries and territories.

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Contact:
Marriott International, Inc.
Scott Carman of Marriott International, Inc.,
301-380-6491
[email protected]
http://www.marriott.com/

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